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Sheep and Satire

Despite being from a small Catholic country, the sheep of Ireland have garnered an international reputation for being particularly lustful....
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the year 2020 sucked
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The Year that was In It! by Paddy McMenamin

Paddy McMenamin shares his thoughts on the year 2020 with an extract from his book Walking Through a Story of Life....
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Magpie and Mouse, poems by Liz Quirke
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3 Poems by Liz Quirke

Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
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Teardrops by Martin Keaveney
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Teardrops, by Martin Keaveney

The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
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Café de la Paix, flailing
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Flailing, by Samantha Rogers

Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
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Poems by patrick deeley
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Poems by Patrick Deeley

TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
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Where bog butter comes from
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Bog Butter

I know when my father has done something wrong because there’s no butter in the fridge. When my mother takes...
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Snowpocalypse Ireland

“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend.  “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us.  They’ll get eaten first.”...
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Wind Watching

Last year Ireland braced for Hurricane Ophelia, a rare storm to hit the island.  It was expected to be the...
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The Folks Go Abroad

My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
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